Celebs Who Married Their High School and College Sweethearts

Celebs Who Married Their High School and College Sweethearts

Russell Wilson and Ashton Meem

Russell Wilson and Ashton Meem

Russell Wilson and Ashton Meem Met in High School:Super Bowl champion Russell Wilson met his special lady, Ashton Meem, at a party while they were both still teenagers. They became each others' main squeeze shortly before nabbing their high school diplomas, but they were bound for different colleges — Ashton went to the University of Georgia, while Russell went to North Carolina State. Soon, however, Ashton transferred to NC State to be closer to her man.

The duo married in January 2012, just a few months before Russell got drafted to the Seattle Seahawks. Despite looking like the picture perfect couple, Russell decided to file for divorce in April 2014, just three months after winning the Super Bowl.

Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman

Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman

Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman Met in College:Hunger Games actress Elizabeth Banks met author and producer Max Handelman on her first day at the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. The couple were married in 2003 and welcomed their first child, son Felix, via surrogacy in 2011.

Paula Patton and Robin Thicke

Paula Patton and Robin Thicke

Paula Patton and Robin Thicke Met in High School:Robin Thicke met Paula Patton at a teen night club in 1993. The two continued to date throughout high school, as well as during Paula’s stint at the University of Southern California. The couple tied the knot in 2005, and welcomed their son, Julian, five years later. Sadly, in February 2014, they announced they were splitting after nearly nine years of marriage.

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Met in College:Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan first met at a Harvard frat party in 2003. After Priscilla completed her UCSF medical degree in May 2012, the couple invited friends and family to their home for a “graduation celebration.” Little did their guests know they’d be witnesses to a wedding.

Snoop Lion and Shante Taylor

Snoop Lion and Shante Taylor

Snoop Dogg Lion ;and Shante Taylor Met in High School:Snoop (aka Calvin Broadus) met his future wife when he was just a teenager at Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California. He and Shante Taylor welcomed their first son, Corde, in 1994, and their second, Cordell, in 1997. They were married shortly thereafter. In 2000, Shante gave birth to their third child, a daughter named Cori. Citing irreconcilable differences, Snoop filed for divorce in May 2004. Thankfully, the couple were able to work through their issues and renewed their wedding vows in 2008.

Timothy Olyphant and Alexis Knief

Timothy Olyphant and Alexis Knief

Timothy Olyphant and Alexis Knief Met in College:Justified star Timothy Olyphant attended the University of Southern California, where he met Alexis Knief. The couple have been married since 1991 and have three children: Grace, Henry, and Vivian.

Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley

Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley

Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley Met in High School:It’s not often that a rockstar stays with the same woman for over 30 years, but that’s exactly what’s happened with Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley. After dating all four years of high school, the couple secretly eloped in Las Vegas at the age of 27. Now, over two decades later, the duo have welcomed four children and say they still “rock each other’s worlds.”

Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson

Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson

Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Met in College:Samuel L. Jackson met his now-wife LaTanya Richardson while attending Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1980, the duo were married and have been together ever since. Their daughter, Zoe, was born in 1982.

Ron Howard and Cheryl Alley

Ron Howard and Cheryl Alley

Ron Howard and Cheryl Alley Met in High School:If Ron Howard’s parents got their way, the Oscar-winning director would have played the field a little bit more. Worried about the intensity of his relationship with his high school girlfriend, Cheryl, the Howards forbid Ron from seeing her more than twice a week. Little did they know, he lied about joining the cross-country team and snuck over to her house before and after school.In 1975, Ron and Cheryl wed at just 21 years old. Since then, the low-profile couple have had four children, two of whom have followed their father’s footsteps into acting.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall Met in College:Julia Louis-Dreyfus was the only female member of Northwestern University’s improv troupe when she met her future husband, Brad Hall. In 1982, both Julia and Brad joined the cast of Saturday Night Live, and they were married five years later. Still together, the pair have two sons, Henry (born in 1992) and Charles (1997).

Bono and Ali Stewart

Bono and Ali Stewart

Bono (aka Paul David Hewson) and Ali Stewart Met in High School:Ali Hewson is the first to admit that her 30-year marriage to U2 frontman Bono hasn’t always been easy, but that their childhood memories keep their relationship strong. Growing up together in a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, the duo have been a couple since they were 15. Bono and Ali married in 1982 and have four children.

Rainn Wilson and Holiday Reinhorn

Rainn Wilson and Holiday Reinhorn

Rainn Wilson and Holiday Reinhorn Met in College:The Office funnyman Rainn Wilson met author Holiday Reinhorn in a college acting class in the mid-1980s. They were married in 1995 and welcomed son Walter in 2004.

Jeff Daniels and Kathleen Treado

Jeff Daniels and Kathleen Treado

Jeff Daniels and Kathleen Treado Met in High School:Jeff Daniels and Kathleen Treado met while attending high school in a tiny Michigan town. Married since they were 24, the duo are said to have wed on Friday the 13th in honor of the lucky number 13 Jeff wore on his baseball jersey. After living in LA for several years, Jeff and Kathleen moved back to their hometown, where they raised their three children: Benjamin, Lucas, and Nellie.

LeBron James and Savannah Brinson

LeBron James and Savannah Brinson

LeBron James and Savannah Brinson Met in High School:Though not yet married, 27-year-old basketball star LeBron James has been with Savannah Brinson ever since high school. In 2004, they welcomed their first son, LeBron Jr., followed by Bryce Maximus in 2007. LeBron finally got down on one knee on New Year’s Eve 2011.

14 Celebs Who Married Their High School and College Sweethearts (PHOTOS)

It seems we can’t turn on the news or open a magazine these days without hearing about another celebrity divorce. Despite what rom-coms want us to believe, Hollywood and happily-ever-after don’t always go hand-in-hand — yet they do for a special few, sometimes even starting at a very early age!

From ;Hunger Games ;star Elizabeth Banks to rapper Snoop Dogg Lion, ;click through our gallery to read the stories of Tinseltown’s most successful couples — those pairs who have been together since before either of them set foot on the red carpet. ;